BASKETBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: Frank Walker, Max Snow, Coach Reed Swenson, Bill Weaver, Jack Dinneen. SECOND ROW: Stanley Watts, Eldon Jensen, Lynn Wilcox, Howard Widdison, Lynn Foley, Cluff Snow. BASKETBALL SEASON SNOW COLLEGE AT EPHRAIM-JANUARY 11 and 12. After a fairly successful pre-season of basketball competition, the Wildcats opened the season with Snow College at Ephraim. The first night the Wildcats won comparatively easily with a score of 41 to 35. At the half the score was tied at 24. In the early part of the last period the Wildcats gained the lead and retained it throughout the remainder of the game. The following night Snow turned the tables on the Wildcats, winning by a score of 41 to 35. DIXIE COLLEGE AT OGDEN-JANUARY 21 and 22. On January 21 and 22, the Wildcats made their first home appearance, splitting honors wtth the Dixie Fliers in a two game series at the Weber Gym. Dixie led throughout the entire first game, being seriously threatened only once, when the Wildcats rallied to score 19 points while holding the Fliers to 8 points. This rally, however, was not great enough, and the Fliers won the game by a score of 51 to 34. The second night three of Weber's and two of Dixie's regulars were removed on personal fouls; reserves, therefore, battled during the final stages of the game. Weber's reserves proved themselves to be capable hoopsters, and Weber won the game, 28 to 43 and gained an even break in the two game series. BRANCH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AT OGDEN-FEBRUARY 1 and 2. The Branch Agricultural College came to Ogden to meet the Wildcats in the Weber Gym, February 1 and 2. The first game was dull and one-sided. The Wildcats were defeated by a score of 29 to 39 and were outclassed in all departments of play. The second night the game had more spirit. Weber led 17 to 15 at the half, but during the remainder of the game was unable to keep up with the fast Aggie team. The Aggies won by a narrow, two-point margin, 37 to 35. WESTMINSTER COLLEGE AT SALT LAKE-FEBRUARY 8 and 9. With championship hopes fading, the Wildcats trounced the Parsons twice. The first game ended with a two-point lead for the Wildcat's, 27 to 25. The low score was the result of the tight defensive work. The Parsons led at the half, but a rally in the early part of the last period gave the Wildcats the lead, which they retained. The second night Weber won again. This time the score was 30 to 22. Weber started off with a bang and kept the Parsons at a standstill, allowing them only four points in the first half. The Parsons rallied in the last half, to score 19 points over the Wildcats' 14. This gain, however, was not great enough to overcome the margin held by the Wildcats, and the Parsons went down to defeat. BRANCH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AT CEDAR CITY-FEBRUARY 15 and 16. On February 15 and 16, Weber's team journeyed to Cedar City to play two games with the Branch Aggies. The Wildcats lost the first game by two points made in the last six seconds of play. Both teams played splendid ball. The guarding was excellent and the basket shooting accurate. The second game was also won by the Aggies in the last two minutes of play when Jones and Adams threw a basket each. DIXIE COLLEGE AT ST. GEORGE-FEBRUARY 18 and 19. On February 18 and 19, the Wildcats met the Dixie Fliers at St. George. Both games were thrillers and both were decided in the last minutes of play. The score was tied in both games two minutes before the final gun sounded. The Fliers rallied to win each game by 7 points. The first night, the Fliers led throughout the contest and won with a score of 42 to 35. The second night, the Wildcats tied the Fliers at the half but were unable to get their lead in the final period. The score was 34 to 27.